Chief Justices of Supreme Court of India/Nadh.Mr

Chief Justices of Supreme Court of India
No.
Name
Took office
Left office
Originating State
Major decisions during tenure as Chief Justice
01
H. J. Kania
15 August 1947
16 November 1951
Bombay (now Maharashtra)
AK Gopalan v. Union of India
02
M. P. Sastri
16 November 1951
3 January 1954
Madras (now Tamil Nadu)
03
Mehr Chand Mahajan
3 January 1954
22 December 1954
Lahore/Kashmir
04
B. K. Mukherjea
22 December 1954
31 January 1956
West Bengal
05
Sudhi Ranjan Das
31 January 1956
30 September 1959
West Bengal
06
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
30 September 1959
31 January 1964
Bihar
07
P. B. Gajendragadkar
31 January 1964
15 March 1966
Bombay (now Maharashtra)
08
A. K. Sarkar
16 March 1966
29 June 1966
West Bengal
09
K. Subba Rao
30 June 1966
11 April 1967
Madras (now Tamil Nadu)
Golak Nath vs. The State of Punjab
10
Kailas Nath Wanchoo
12 April 1967
24 February 1968
Uttar Pradesh
11
M. Hidayatullah
25 February 1968
16 December 1970
present Chattisgarh
12
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah
17 December 1970
21 January 1971
present Gujarat
13
S. M. Sikri
22 January 1971
25 April 1973
Punjab
Kesavananda Bharati vs. The State of Kerala
14
A. N. Ray
25 April 1973
28 January 1977
West Bengal
ADM Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla
15
Mirza Hameedullah Beg
29 January 1977
21 February 1978
Uttar Pradesh
16
Y. V. Chandrachud
22 February 1978
11 July 1985
Bombay (now Maharashtra)
17
P. N. Bhagwati
12 July 1985
20 December 1986
Bombay (now Maharashtra)
18
R. S. Pathak
21 December 1986
6 June 1989
Uttar Pradesh
19
E. S. Venkataramiah
19 June 1989
17 December 1989
Mysore (now Karnataka)
20
S. Mukharji
18 December 1989
25 September 1990
West Bengal
21
Ranganath Misra
25 September 1990
24 November 1991
Orissa
22
Kamal Narain Singh
25 November 1991
12 December 1991
Uttar Pradesh
23
M. H. Kania
13 December 1991
17 November 1992
Maharashtra
24
Lalit Mohan Sharma
18 November 1992
11 February 1993
Bihar
25
M. N. Venkatachaliah
12 February 1993
24 October 1994
Karnataka
26
A. M. Ahmadi
25 October 1994
24 March 1997
Gujarat
27
J. S. Verma
25 March 1997
18 January 1998
Madhya Pradesh
28
M. M. Punchhi
18 January 1998
9 October 1998
Punjab
29
A. S. Anand
10 October 1998
1 November 2001
Jammu & Kashmir
30
S. P. Bharucha
2 November 2001
6 May 2002
Maharashtra
31
B. N. Kirpal
6 May 2002
11 November 2002
Delhi
32
G. B. Pattanaik
11 November 2002
19 December 2002
Orissa
33
V. N. Khare
19 December 2002
2 May 2004
Uttar Pradesh
Best Bakery Case, T.M.A. Pai v. Union of India (reservation in private educational institutions)
34
Rajendra Babu
2 May 2004
1 June 2004
Karnataka
35
R. C. Lahoti
1 June 2004
1 November 2005
Uttar Pradesh
36
Y. K. Sabharwal
1 November 2005
14 January 2007
Delhi
Land Ceiling Case (M.C. Mehta v. Union of India)
37
K. G. Balakrishnan
14 January 2007
(incumbent)
Kerala
OBC Reservation case (Ashok Kumar Thakur v. Union of India)